[GreenKeys] What Is IT?

[Ron Kolarik]

The KY designator is for a voice encryption device, at least as far as
I remember......they kept me away from stuff I didn't need to know :)>
Most likely something to put encrypted data traffic on a voice channel.

Ron
K0IDT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WB6BLV (DM06)" <wb6blv at inreach.com>
To: <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 4:31 PM
Subject: [GreenKeys] What Is IT?


> This thing followed me home from the swap meet this morning... kinda heavy sucker, too...
>
> Various ID plates say:
>
> KY-469UG
> Keyer, Telegraph Transmitter
> Manufactured For Department of The Navy
> Great Northern Telegraph Works
>
> and
>
> G. N. T. Transmitter
> Model 2042
>
> and several other plates with Navy property number, etc...
>
> There are 2 nice switches in brown plastic domes on the front and visible sets of contacts above them on the front of the unit...
the motor in the rear drives a horizontal shart that goes through a "Speed Regulator" with adjustment range of 15 - 240 (yes) words
per minute...  looks like it reads tape of some kind..
>
> OK, what followed me home?  CW sender that reads prepared tape messages?
>
> John
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